Current Events > Do you think rich people tend to be left-wing or right-wing?

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I'd say right-wing. They want to protect that precious billions that they'd die without.
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Of course the rich are largely right wing. Anybody who thinks otherwise is delusional.
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I don't want to be delusional. ;_;
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Secretly right wing but ooze left wing ideology.
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I think it depends on the kind of people they are and what ideals/principles they hold in their life.
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The democrat party is funded by left wing millionaires and billionaires.

aren't there a lot of rich left wingers?
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They probably don't prefer policies that hurt them economically, so I imagine they would vote for centrists. (status quo)
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The rich don't really give a fuck because they're rich.
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Usually either unapologetically right or hypocritically left.

i mean the left has the 'artistic' community (hollywood)
athletics seems to skew left
tech business seems to skew left

so there are probably more rich left wingers than you think

I mean a lot of the elite on the right pulled hard for jeb (mostly center), remember his financing was well ahead of everyone else before he got cucked right out of the race.
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Im in the centre.

Either right wing or a "limousine liberal" generally.
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EliteLevel posted...

Im in the centre.

not sure why you think you have any personal relevance to this topic but okay lol
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Corman321 posted...

The democrat party is funded by left wing millionaires and billionaires.

there are no left wing billionaires.
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LedZeppelin posted...

EliteLevel posted...

Im in the centre.

not sure why you think you have any personal relevance to this topic but okay lol

The topic is about rich people.

Im certainly not super rich or anything, but I was left an inheritance which puts me into the rich category.

Every famous rich person spouts parody level sjw ideology

Starting to wonder if they are liars

averagejoel posted...

Corman321 posted...

The democrat party is funded by left wing millionaires and billionaires.

there are no left wing billionaires.

What? George Soros, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, just off the top of my head...

Corman321 posted...

averagejoel posted...

Corman321 posted...

The democrat party is funded by left wing millionaires and billionaires.

there are no left wing billionaires.

What? George Soros, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, just off the top of my head...

being left-wing is mutually exclusive with being a billionaire.
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Corman321 posted...

averagejoel posted...

Corman321 posted...

The democrat party is funded by left wing millionaires and billionaires.

there are no left wing billionaires.

What? George Soros, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, just off the top of my head...

I think his argument is none of them are socialists and ergo are not left wing

maybe, correct me if I'm wrong joel

Old money > Right

New money > Left

For the most part.
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"rich" on its own is not a meaningful distinction. separate them by how they make their money, not the amount they make.
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averagejoel posted...

"rich" on its own is not a meaningful distinction

huh?

Milkman5 posted...

averagejoel posted...

"rich" on its own is not a meaningful distinction

huh?

There's a difference between high income workers (actors, musicians and athletes) and capitalists whose money comes off the labor of others.
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Those who are rich via their own work tend to be right-wing. Those who are rich simply from playing a part in something that brings in a lot of money (eg. actors) tend to be left-wing.
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Milkman5 posted...

averagejoel posted...

"rich" on its own is not a meaningful distinction

huh?

forgot his meds
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Corman321 posted...

The democrat party is funded by left wing millionaires and billionaires.

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Antifar posted...

There's a difference between high income workers (actors, musicians and athletes) and capitalists whose money comes off the labor of others.

I greatly disagree. Jeff Bezos created Amazon, that's his. He makes money off his work and his idea.
Musicians have people write write their music, edit their voice, put it together, make the beats and the background, then there's the recording studio, the people who make their album art etc.

It's weird to frame it in a way that somehow Lil yachty is somehow more deserving of his money than Bezos or Cuckerberg. Keep in mind Cuckerberg actually built the original facebook website.

Right-Wing easily. You'll rarely find a rich person who is like "hey, I don't want more money"
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Not to mention many actors don't do shit except read lines and only got the part because their daddy was an executive. Same with many musicians.

Many people in Hollywood only have careers because they have connections.

Just because your daddy is rich, doesn't mean your business will be successful. You can't say the same about the entertainment industry.

Seems split down the middle.
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Corman321 posted...

What? George Soros, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, just off the top of my head...

Reconsider this:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/magazine/george-soros-democrat-open-society.html

Asked if he would support Bernie Sanders if the Vermont senator won the Democratic nomination in 2020, Soros said it was too soon to say. He expressed displeasure with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, another possible candidate, over her role in ousting Al Franken from Congress: She was using #MeToo to promote herself. He said his main goal as a political activist was to see a return to bipartisanship, a surprising claim in light of his lavish support for the Democrats. It was the extremism of the Republican Party that had prompted him to become a major Democratic donor, he said; he wanted the Republican Party to reform itself into a more moderate party. He said he was not especially partisan himself: I dont particularly want to be a Democrat. He spoke of his respect for John McCain. He even said he would be inclined to give financial support to moderate Republicans like Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, although he quickly walked back that comment: I shouldnt say that. That would hurt them. And while the Republicans had made bipartisanship impossible, he didnt want to see the Democrats become more ideologically rigid and confrontational.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/08/the-politics-of-new-i-washington-post-i-owner-jeff-bezos/278385/

Bezos has also given to several candidates for office, predominantly Democrats. Democratic Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell of Washington have been the biggest recipients of his donations. He's also given to Senator Pat Leahy, a Vermont Democrat; Rep. John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat; Republican Spencer Abraham of Michigan; and Republican Slade Gorton, a former senator from Washington. He also given regularly to a PAC run by Amazon, which has roughly split its contributions between the two parties over the last 10 years.
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Matt Welch adds that Bezos has contributed to the non-profit that publishes the libertarian magazine Reason.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/elon-musk-donations-republicans_us_5b4e4bd8e4b0b15aba897481

illionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, a man widely hailed as a world leader in the fight to combat climate change, has doled out nearly 7 times as much cash to Republican campaigns and political committees this election cycle as he has to Democratic ones.

Since the start of 2017, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX has personally contributed $88,900 to Republicans, while he gave those on the other side of the aisle $13,300, according to a HuffPost review of Federal Election Commission data.

These guys are barely Democrats, let alone left wing
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George Soros
Carlos Slim
Warren Buffett
Tim Cook
Bill Gates
Ben Affleck
Matt Damon

etc.
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Lmao

Ben Affleck
Matt Damon
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MAGA2020 posted...

Tim Cook

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/24/apples-tim-cook-has-spread-his-political-money-to-both-sides-of-the-aisle.html

Cook has personally given $10,800 to Republican candidates and joint fundraising committees and $10,400 to committees on the Democratic side since 2008, according to reports filed to the Federal Election Commission. While he is by no means a large donor, Cook has increased his activity in this election cycle, with about 90 percent of those donations coming since April 2015.

Cook hosted a fundraiser for Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan earlier this year, giving $7,100 to his campaign and a joint committee with the GOP in June. Last year, he gave maximum $2,700 donations to the campaigns of GOP Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio and Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Patrick Leahy of Vermont.

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Depends.

If they built a company from the ground up theyre likely going to be right wing.

If they happen to catch a lucky break in the entertainment industry theyre likely going to be left wing.
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glitteringfairy posted...

Secretly right wing but ooze left wing ideology.

^^^
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Romes187 posted...

i mean the left has the 'artistic' community (hollywood)
athletics seems to skew left
tech business seems to skew left

so there are probably more rich left wingers than you think

This tbh.
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Marx and Engels both came from wealthier families, as do a lot of the whiny college SJWs. All the same, if you did a raw headcount, I think money tends to equal right wing in most places... but then again, look at Trump's supporters. To answer the topic question: it's probably a surprisingly close mix of both.
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Romes187 posted...

i mean the left has the 'artistic' community (hollywood)
athletics seems to skew left
tech business seems to skew left

so there are probably more rich left wingers than you think

There's a reason why some of them skew left. They want people to buy/use their products. Katy Perry could very well be a secret right-winger, but that's bad for business. Being left publicly means she'll get millions of teens to buy her music.

Zuckerberg, while being publicly left wing, is probably a right winger. Look at his Hawaii land situation, not to mention him building a big wall around his Hawaii property.
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...

There's a reason why some of them skew left. They want people to buy/use their products.

That and your career is pretty much over 99% of the time in Hollywood if you come out as anything other than Democrat.
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TheCyborgNinja posted...

but then again, look at Trump's supporters.

Look again:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/09/white-voters-victory-donald-trump-exit-polls
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjuVbLQUUAAmG60.jpg:large
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It's not secret thMAGA2020 posted...

GreatEvilEmpire posted...

There's a reason why some of them skew left. They want people to buy/use their products.

That and your career is pretty much over 99% of the time in Hollywood if you come out as anything other than Democrat.

It's no secret that most teenagers are liberals. Hollywood need that demographic to keep spending money, so they can keep making big profits. I think there are many people in Hollywood that are conservative, but most of them will keep their head low and not say anything, or pretend to be liberal.

Now that international revenue is such a big part of every movie release, if you don't publicly support "open borders", you're shooting yourself in the foot.
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...

It's no secret that most teenagers are liberals.

It's also no secret that Hollywood is run by communists.
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Milkman5 posted...

I greatly disagree. Jeff Bezos created Amazon, that's his. He makes money off his work and his idea.
Musicians have people write write their music, edit their voice, put it together, make the beats and the background, then there's the recording studio, the people who make their album art etc.

lol
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MAGA2020 posted...

GreatEvilEmpire posted...

It's no secret that most teenagers are liberals.

It's also no secret that Hollywood is run by communists.

Because there is nothing more communists love then a billion dollar business.
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Milkman5 posted...

Not to mention many actors don't do shit except read lines and only got the part because their daddy was an executive. Same with many musicians.

Many people in Hollywood only have careers because they have connections.

Just because your daddy is rich, doesn't mean your business will be successful. You can't say the same about the entertainment industry.

It's the same thing for all industries.

And yes there are plenty of rich people who try and start a music or acting career and fail.
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It depends.

If someone worked from the ground up and earned all of their money they're probably left wing

If someone inherited a bunch of money and did just enough to not fuck it up then they likely lean to the right.
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TheBiggerWiggle posted...

It depends.

If someone worked from the ground up and earned all of their money they're probably left wing

If someone inherited a bunch of money and did just enough to not fuck it up then they likely lean to the right.

That couldn't be further from the truth.

If you worked hard for your money and then a loon like Sanders comes along and said he wants to tax you 50%, you're not going to lean left.
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